Corpus linguistics at work
The book offers a combined discussion of the main theoretical, methodological and application issues related to corpus work. Thus, starting from the definition of what is a corpus and why reading a corpus calls for a different methodology from reading a text, the underlying assumptions behind corpus work are discussed. The two main approaches to corpus work are discussed as the "corpus-based" and the "corpus-driven" approach and the theoretical positions underlying them explored in detail. The …
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- Full title :Corpus linguistics at work / Elena Tognini-Bonelli.
Summary
The book offers a combined discussion of the main theoretical, methodological and application issues related to corpus work. Thus, starting from the definition of what is a corpus and why reading a corpus calls for a different methodology from reading a text, the underlying assumptions behind corpus work are discussed. The two main approaches to corpus work are discussed as the "corpus-based" and the "corpus-driven" approach and the theoretical positions underlying them explored in detail. The book adopts and exemplifies the parameters of the corpus-driven approach and posits a new unit of lin
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- Publication Date:©2001.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):J. Benjamins
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2001.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 223 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027285447, 9027285446, 1283092492, 9781283092494, 9786613092496, 6613092495
- oclc:ocn713026369
- LC Classification:P128.C68
- Dewey Decimal:410/.1
Table of Contents
Corpus Linguistics at Work; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Language teaching; 3. Corpus Issues; 4. The corpus-based approach; 5. The corpus-driven approach; 6. Item and Environment; 7. Working with corpora across languages; 8. The contextual theory of meaning; 9. Historical Landmarks in meaning; 10. Conclusion; References; Appendix 1 Concordance of all but from the Economist and the WSJ Corpus 55 out of a total 411 Instances.; Appendix 2 Exercise on all but from the Economist and WSJ Corpus.
Appendix 3 Exercise on except that from the Economist and the WSJ CorpusAppendix 4 Concordance of proper (Attributive use) from the BBC corpus 55 out of a total 631 Instances; Appendix 5 Concordance of Andare incontro from the Italian Corpus 49 Instances In total; Appendix 6 Concordance of in the case of from the Birmingham Corpus 50 instances out of a total 550; Appendix 7 Concordance of nel caso di/del/della etc. from the Italian Corpus 50 out of a total 319 instances; Appendix 8 Concordance of in case of from the Birmingham Corpus 45 out of a total 56 instances.
Appendix 9 Concordance of in caso di from the Italian Corp…
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